A pulpy, brisk thriller chills as a silent killer stalks his young niece on Halloween night.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on AMC+.
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past an R: real scares and several jump scares.
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Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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